As the Official Partner of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, the Swiss watch brand had the pleasure to present the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Ceremony during the Longines Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner. This title honours the three world’s best racehorses of the year according to the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.

Yana Shanikova represents the circus dynasty and is sure that horses are able to show such dressage elements as walking on the hind legs, siting and bowing in natural way. Yana told horsetimes, how to to "read" the animal signs to people and achieve thereby a natural understanding of dealingwith four-legged pet.

Five awards of gold and silver were stolen from the Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in the American city of Saratoga. The stolen cups are of 1903, 1905, 1914 and 1923 years and, according to the Museum Director Christopher Dragon, are of a "great value".

Evgeny Anatoliyevich Belozerov, the chief zootechnician in horse breeding at the Voskhod HBP, told us about the history and activities of one of the largest facilities for the thoroughbred riding breed in Kuban, as well as about the future of the horse industry.

Monuments are erected at the horse breeding plants which are home to famous horses. The frisky stallion Kvadrat is immortalized in the two sculptures in the capital. Let us remember the history of this wonderful racer.

In Russia, for people associated with horses there are their heavenly patrons - holy martyrs Florus and Laurus. The popularly called "equine" celebration take place on August 31. “Prayed to Florus and Laurus, wait for the good for horses” - a Russian saying goes.

Medieval knights looked completely different from antique horsemen. Dressed in heavy armor, they were unable to move around easily, if not sitting on horseback. A knight needed a respective horse - powerful, quiet, able to hold the weight of the rider in full gear, fast to pursue enemies.

The former governor of California an actor Arnold Schwarzenegger keeps on amazing his fans. So the day before there appeared a video where Schwarzenegger rides deftly on a toy horse.

On the threshold of Christmas there was raised an unusual monument in Germany. A huge rocking horse is placed in a small town on the southeast of Berlin. Everybody has a chance to mount on it but it demands of some efforts.